The Video again starts with You Tube giving us their opinion. His hair looks Marvelous.
1 John 1
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--
2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us--
3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be fufilled.
5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
If you haven’t taken part in the yanny/laurel controversy over the last couple of days, allow me to sincerely congratulate you. But your time is up. The viral speech synth clip has met the AI hype train and the result is, like everything in this mortal world, disappointing.
Sonix, a company that produces AI-based speech recognition software, ran the ambiguous sound clip through Google, Amazon and Watson’s transcription tools, and of course its own.
Google and Sonix managed to get it on the first try — it’s “laurel,” by the way. Not yanny. Laurel.
But Amazon stumbled, repeatedly producing “year old” as its best guess for what the robotic voice was saying. IBM’s Watson, amazingly, got it only half the time, alternating between hearing “yeah role” and “laurel.” So in a way, it’s the most human of them all.
One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all
When your name is Anne and people ask A LOT if you are Annie, because you're from the south and this has an 'e' on the name. And when the world is talking about Yanny Laurel and the article asks about Al for A I? You have no doubt - no doubt - no doubt - This Is Going In The Post. And you like to drink Cofefe happily on the patio.
And when it blends into your week with the Law School Student Son and the Family Grand Dog. Welcome to my world!
to make Life more Joyful in Times of Stress
This week our Fellowship Journey has been the return of our eldest son from Michigan and Law School with Jackson the wonder Grand-Dog. Jackson beams. People have to pet the dog. His Look is Pure Happiness.
This is not going to be a bummer Post:
Jackson arrived in 2009, after the death of our stillborn daughter and the passing of a friend of Cal's from High School. Jackson is from the Montgomery Co. Animal Shelter. The first week Jackson arrived, we sat in Isabelle's room and talked about greater meanings of God and new beginnings. And adapting and adopting. It was an unusual week - where teenager and 20s and mom and new dog stay in a pale green bedroom to take down an unused crib. I doubt any of us will forget that Spring Break weekend. It all culminated.
My family has gone from the preppiest of families to adapting to not be Ecclesiastes House. My mother has been diagnosed with needing a new knee and is putting that off because she has an Alzheimer Diagnosis. Some days my mother is 'on' and other days she talks to the flowers on the other side of the pool from inside the house. We watch - but - the flowers don't apparently answer. And other days she makes sense and you have to pause and wait to see which way that's going. It's like surfing.
My husband has been terminally diagnosed by the Chief of Medicine of M.D. Anderson, Dr. Frank Adams, with Picks Disease. Edward worked for Wells Fargo Downtown Dallas as a Commercial Loan Officer with an MBA and a degree from Texas A & M in Finance that took him 3 years. My new neighbor commented my husband is a "Rockn'" the Disc Golf World. Yes. His wardrobe has changed. He is Tommy Bahama and Treasurer of his Disc Golf Club over our area of Texas - doing the accounting for Texas State Championship and coming in 3rd in his age group. But sometimes - Edward will say something - where we are all going to surf that.
Edward is really pretty happy in a Picks Disease grumpy way. Edward is actually a Miracle of God to do so very well.
My Sons have been Youth Ministers at Church. And Edward and I did that for 10 years in our small Church. And now we talk about D and D. Twenty-nine year olds tend to make their own decisions.
We have arrived at this -
Wait for the Good Pitches. Dodge the Bad Pitches. Run the Bases. Have a Good Time. Enjoy Today. This is what you have. Be Grateful - God is blessing you in this day by day way.
Ok - back to this week.
Cal was pretty sure Jackson was dying. Now - this is bad. The Beloved Pet is Dying. But add into a household with 2 Terminal Diagnosis - and you pretty well have ... DREAD.
When Dread arrives in the household
- people are - wonky is a good term. But Uptight and Themselves are probably more explanatory. I yell at you. I join the other person agreeing that this is always bad. You yell at the other person. They agree the argument is fair. And it's all - not - what it's really about. Sometimes the argument works HARD to make sure emotions are released - but the conversation isn't valid. Because no one wants to talk about Death, Suffering and Discomfort.
Dread means nothing - it's worry. Jackson is doing far better from seeing good and thorough Vets.
Now you expect me to say - this is bad. You know - it's not. If we talk about the language in John 14 - many rooms in my Father's House. And say our emotional lives - the way Father God puts us together - allows us to have compartments to be grateful for.
We have this in our life - The Rooms of this House we live: We are workers. We are cookers/shoppers. We are cleaners. We are laundry people. We are yard tenders. We are Married. We are Adult Children. We are Parents. We are Family. We are Friends. We have cars and car shopping, garage cleaner-up. We have body requirements like shopping, exercise and doctors. We have appointments, plans and dreams.
And we get out of balance doing something like Physical Therapy and suddenly realize we have chores. Or Work is taking us out of our children's activities. We now have a New Need...
Another way to see this House we are:
We have a heart, body, mind and soul. We were children. We were students. We have age groups of student memories. We have had conversations. We have had friendships to make an impact. We have had family arguments. We have departed family. We have family with needs. We have friends with needs. We have conversations where we wonder what we learned and then apply a new thing. We think of Old Sermons. And family history. And new Sermons. And the Bible we read. We think of History, Culture, Courage and Conviction.
So what am I saying - We have "Houses" requiring trimming.
Do this with honesty internally and not lean on one another too heavily.
Be the builder of one another. Stand in the gap - help one another.
Yet find the balance to live life honestly with our emotions.
A new coat of paint. We have rooms that we could label depression. We have rooms we label "The Path Not Taken" or Let's be honest, frank and to the point "Did I do my life correctly?" "Do I like what I did with my life?" "Do I approve of my life?"
One of my favorite things in life was our Youth Minister Mike McDonald came in Totally Jazzed UP from a Seminar for Youth Ministers called "How to Arrange Your Daily Planner for the Entire Year and then ... Your Life."
The result was - - - You Can Not. The Pitches come in Really Fast. And let me add something here. When God says something He intends this for "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." God sees His Creation as Good. God looks into the heart of mankind and delights and He sees farther, farther, farther "FATHER" than we do.
We need Father God. Daily.
Behold. You are a New Creation in Jesus Christ.
Why? Life and Death. Good and Evil.
Try again.
Hope.
Isaiah 35
1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus
2 it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our God.
3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
4 Say to those who have an anxious heart, "Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped
6 then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;
7 the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down, the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
8 And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there.
10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
6then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
For waters break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
7the burning sand shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down,
the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
8And a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.a
9No lion shall be there,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.
10And the ransomed of the LORD shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Today if you hear His Voice. Go there. Each day put out your hands in prayer and believe Jesus is answering every prayer you have. And the Creator of ALL - is going to be pleased with you.
What about the years the Locust ate?
Moses and Haggai knew about this. Daniel. Jeremiah. Mary and Joseph. Peter.
And Winston Churchill.
"Do you have enemies?
Good - then you stood for something."
Locusts. What we tell ourselves. Our circular thoughts that consume us. You are a New Creature in Jesus Christ. Locusts and enemies define us. Weakened conditions define us. Why? We have an opportunity to do something new.
A new opportunity.
a Pray instead of complaining. Try God first.
b Decide not to copy what is wrong
- copy what is right. We tend to believe in the culture of power. Really what is enduring is love. We have a lot of things really wonky in my family. We don't nod at what is wrong. But we don't get out the hair shirt, - never was in the Bible - and nail that on. We wait for God to be God believing He will. Praising what is right. Honoring what is good. Jesus had faith in His Brothers to get to be in the Will of God. Jesus believed Father God would bring the problem in close to His Healing Heart like the Prodigal.
c Remembering this in being the uppity one who is calm today
- God has to stand for us and with us -
because our arms are going to get tired being "all righteous."
Eventually, our human capacity to fail is going to appear.
And we will need His Compassion to try again.
d Permission to fail. Not the kind of permission saying we treat God as our waiter.
e BE GRATEFUL. Love with sincerity is the way God will relate to us.
May the God of Hope
God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark,
and he sent a wind over the earth,
and the waters receded.
Fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
So have you acted honorably and in good faith toward others today?
If you have, may you be a joyful soul, and may you be God's Beloved!
Judges 9:19
so that by the power of the Holy Spirit
1 Thessalonians 1:5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words
but also with power,
with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction.
You know how we lived among you for your sake.
you may abound in hope
thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm.
Let nothing move you.
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,
because you know that your labor in the Lord is His to fill and reward.
In the Name and Power of Jesus
to allow God to bring all Good to Him and from Him
We cover ourselves
our Loved Ones
the people God has given us,
The Nation Trusting in God,
All the nations Trusting in God,
our jobs,
schools, praying for Santa Fe, Texas,
for the Beloved of Jesus Christ
and our prayer to see more of the Holy Spirit
more of God's Heaven on earth.
In the Name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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